As someone who is constantly trying to improve in life, I’ve developed a real appreciation for quotes. In fact, I’ve found some quotes over the years that I believe can teach more in a sentence than many books can in 500 pages.

To create a list of these incredible quotes that impact my life without sharing it with the world seems selfish. Therefore, I will update this page over time as I find and rediscover quotes that really impact me. I hope you find it helpful.

Inspirational quotes that impact my life:

1. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.” – Will Durant (summing up Aristotle’s philosophy)

2. “I’m not what you think I am. I am what I think you think I am.” – Unknown

3. “Success leaves clues.” – Tony Robbins

4. “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – Andre Gide

6. “Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.” – Albert Einstein

7. “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein

8. “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that is is stupid.” Albert Einstein

9. “Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.” – Albert Einstein

10. “There is no such thing as failure. There are only results.” – Tony Robbins

11. “Happiness is found in the absence of expectation and a continuous focus on appreciation.” – Tony Robbins

12. “A real decision is measured by the face that you’ve taken a new action. If there’s no action, you haven’t truly decided.” – Tony Robbins

14. “The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you’re in control of your life. If you don’t, life controls you.” – Tony Robbins

15. “Success is doing what you want, when you want, where you want, with whom you want, as much as you want.” – Tony Robbins

16. “Train people well enough so they can leave. Treat them well enough so they don’t want to.” – Richard Branson

17. “I don’t think of work as work and play as play. It’s all living.” – Richard Branson

18. “if somebody offers you can amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it,m say yes – then learn how to do it later!” – Richard Branson

19. “What we fear doing is usually what we most need to do.” – Tim Ferriss

20. “Focus on being productive instead of busy.” – Tim Ferriss

21. “If you don’t have time, the truth is, you don’t have priorities. Think harder; don’t work harder.” – Tim Ferriss

22. “I value self-discipline, but creating systems that make it next to impossible to misbehave is more reliable than self-control.” – Tim Ferriss

68. “If you look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.” – Steve Jobs

69. “Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practices every day.” – Jim Rohn

70. “Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.” – Jim Rohn

71. “Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.” – Jim Rohn

72. “Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.” – Jim Rohn

73. “Service to others leads to greatness.” – Jim Rohn

74. “Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better.” – Jim Rohn

75. “Work on yourself more than you do your job.” – Jim Rohn

76. “If you want to have more, you have to become more. For things to change, you have to change. For thing to get better, you have to get better. For things to improve, you have to improve. If you grow, everything grows for you.” – Jim Rohn

77. “Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else’s hand, but not you.” – Jim Rohn

78. “Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.” – Jim Rohn

79. “Every day, stand guard at the door of your mind.” – Jim Rohn

80. “The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.” – Jim Rohn

81. “Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all you want.” – Jim Rohn

82. “Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.” – Jim Rohn

92. “All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

93. “Do not judge my story by the chapter you walked in on.” – Unknown

94. “Without passion, you don’t have energy. Without energy, you have nothing.” – Warren Buffett

95. “Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” – Warren Buffett

96. “It is not necessary to do extraordinary things to get extraordinary results.” – Warren Buffett

97. “Two things define you. Your patience when you have nothing, and your attitude when you have everything.” – Unknown

98. “Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.” – Socrates

99. “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” – Socrates

100. “The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.” – Marcus Aurelius

101. “When you complain, nobody wants to help you.” – Stephen Hawking

Conclusion

To gain wisdom and know the right approach to many of life’s situations, I recommend referring back to this page from time to time. You can learn a lot from some of the most influential and successful people in history.

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